N. greatness, magnitude, size, multitude,
immensity,
enormity, infinity, might, strength, intensity, fullness, importance, great quantity, quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world, mass,
heap, stock,
peck,
bushel, load,
cargo, cartload,
wagonload,
shipload, flood, spring tide, abundance, principal part, chief part, main part, greater part, major part, best part, essential part, bulk, mass
V. be great, run high,
soar, tower,
transcend, rise to a great height, carry to a great height, know no bounds,
ascend, mount,
enlarge, (expand) 194
Adj. great, greater, large, considerable, fair, above par,
big, huge,
herculean,
cyclopean, ample, abundant full, intense, strong, sound, passing, heavy,
plenary, deep, high, signal, at its height, in the zenith,
world-wide,
widespread,
far-famed, extensive,
wholesale, many, goodly, noble, precious,
mighty,
sad, grave, heavy, serious, far gone,
arrant,
downright, utter,
uttermost,
crass, gross, arch, profound, intense,
consummate, rank,
uninitiated,
red-hot,
desperate,
glaring,
flagrant, stark staring,
thorough-paced,
thoroughgoing,
roaring,
thumping, extraordinary, important, unsurpassed, complete, august, grand,
dignified,
sublime,
majestic, vast, immense, enormous, extreme,
inordinate, excessive,
extravagant,
exorbitant,
outrageous,
preposterous,
unconscionable,
swinging,
monstrous, overgrown, towering,
stupendous,
prodigious,
astonishing,
incredible,
marvelous, unlimited, unapproachable, unutterable, indescribable,
ineffable, unspeakable, inexpressible, beyond expression,
fabulous, undiminished,
unabated, unreduced, unrestricted, absolute, positive,
stark, decided,
unequivocal, essential, perfect, finished, remarkable, of mark, marked, pointed, veriest, noteworthy,
renowned Adv. truly, decidedly,
unequivocally, purely, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically,
downright, in all conscience, for the most part, in the main, entirely, abundantly, widely, far and wide, greatly, much,
muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little, pretty, pretty well, enough, in a great measure, richly, to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent, on a large scale, so, never so, ever so, ever so dole,
scrap,
shred,
tag,
splinter,
rag, much, by wholesale,
mighty, powerfully, with a witness,
ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely,
exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely,
immeasurably, beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds,
incalculably, infinitely, preeminently,
superlatively, immoderately,
monstrously,
preposterously,
inordinately,
exorbitantly, excessively, enormously, out of all proportion, with a vengeance, particularly, remarkably, singularly, curiously, uncommonly, unusually, peculiarly, notably, signally, strikingly, pointedly, mainly, chiefly, famously,
egregiously, prominently,
glaringly,
emphatically, κατ’ ἐξοχήν, strangely, wonderfully,
amazingly, surprisingly,
astonishingly,
incredibly,
marvelously,
awfully,
stupendously, peculiarly,
furiously, severely,
desperately,
tremendously,
extravagantly, confoundedly, deucedly,
devilishly, with a vengeance, a outrance, a toute outrance, painfully,
sadly, grossly,
sorely, bitterly,
piteously,
grievously,
miserably, cruelly,
woefully,
lamentably,
shockingly,
frightfully,
dreadfully,
fearfully,
terribly,
horribly Phr. a maximis ad minima, "greatness knows itself", "mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed", minimum decet libere cui multum licet, "some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them"
N. strength, power, energy,
vigor, force, main force, physical force, brute force, spring, elasticity, tone, tension,
tonicity,
stoutness,
lustihood,
stamina, nerve, muscle,
sinew, thews and sinews,
physique,
pith,
pithiness, virtility,
vitality,
athletics,
athleticism,
gymnastics, feats of strength,
adamant, steel, iron, oak, heart of oak, iron grip,
grit, bone,
athlete,
gymnast,
acrobat, superman,
atlas,
hercules, antæus,
samson,
cyclops,
goliath, tower of strength, giant refreshed,
strengthening,
invigoration, refreshment,
refocillation,
dynamics,
statics V. be strong, be stronger,
overmatch, render strong, give strength,
strengthen,
invigorate,
brace, nerve,
fortify,
sustain,
harden, case harden, steel,
gird, screw up, wind up, set up, gird up one's loins, brace up one's loins,
recruit, set on one's legs,
vivify, refresh,
refect,
reinforce,
reenforce Adj. strong,
mighty, vigorous, forcible, hard,
adamantine,
stout,
robust,
sturdy, hardy, powerful,
potent,
puissant,
valid, resistless,
irresistible,
invincible, proof against,
impregnable,
unconquerable,
indomitable,
dominating,
inextinguishable,
unquenchable, incontestable, more than a match for, overpowering,
overwhelming, all powerful, all sufficient, sovereign,
able-bodied,
athletic,
herculean,
cyclopean,
atlantean, muscular,
brawny,
wiry, well-knit,
broad-shouldered,
sinewy,
strapping,
stalwart, gigantic, manly, man-like, manful,
masculine, male,
virile,
unweakened,
unallayed,
unwithered,
unshaken, unworn, unexhausted, in full force, in full swing, in the plenitude of power,
stubborn, thick-ribbed, made of iron, deep-rooted, strong as a lion, strong as a horse, strong as an ox, strong as brandy, sound as a roach, in fine feather, in high feather, built like a brick shithouse, like a giant refreshed
Adv. strongly, by force, by main force
Phr. "our withers are unwrung", blut und eisen, coelitus mihi vires, du fort au diable, en habiles gens, ex vi termini, flecti non frangi, "he that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill", "inflexible in faith invincible in arms"
Size Roget’s Thesaurus §192 N. size, magnitude,
dimension, bulk, volume, largeness, greatness,
expanse,
amplitude, mass, proportions, capacity, tonnage,
tunnage,
cordage,
caliber,
scantling,
turgidity,
corpulence,
obesity,
plumpness,
embonpoint, corporation, flesh and blood,
lustihood, hugeness,
enormity,
immensity,
monstrosity,
giant,
brobdingnagian, antæus,
goliath, gog and magog, gargantua,
monster,
mammoth,
cyclops,
cachalot,
whale,
porpoise,
behemoth,
leviathan,
elephant,
hippopotamus,
colossus,
tun, cord,
lump, bulk, block,
loaf, mass,
swad,
clod,
nugget,
bushel,
thumper,
whooper,
spanker,
strapper, "triton among the minnows", mountain,
mound,
heap, largest portion, full size, life size
V. be large, become large
Adj. large,
big, great, considerable,
bulky,
voluminous, ample, massive,
massy,
capacious, comprehensive,
spacious,
mighty, towering, fine, magnificent,
corpulent,
stout, fat,
obese,
plump,
squab, full,
lusty,
strapping,
bouncing, portly,
burly, well-fed,
full-grown, corn fed, gram fed,
stalwart,
brawny,
fleshy, goodly, in good case, in good condition, in condition,
chopping,
jolly, chub faced, chubby faced,
lubberly,
hulky,
unwieldy,
lumpish,
gaunt,
spanking,
whacking,
whopping,
walloping,
thumping,
thundering,
hulking, overgrown,
puffy, huge, immense, enormous,
mighty, vast,
vasty, amplitudinous,
stupendous,
monster,
monstrous, humongous,
monumental,
elephantine, jumbo,
mammoth, gigantic,
gigantean,
giant, giant like,
titanic,
prodigious,
colossal,
cyclopean,
brobdingnagian, bunyanesque,
herculean,
gargantuan, infinite, large as life, plump as a dumpling, plump as a partridge, fat as a pig, fat as a quail, fat as butter, fat as brawn, fat as bacon, immeasurable,
unfathomable, unplumbed, inconceivable, unimaginable,
unheard-of, of cosmic proportions, of epic proportions, the mother of all, the granddaddy of all
Pride Roget’s Thesaurus §878 N. dignity,
self-respect, mens sibi conscia recti, pride,
haughtiness, high notions,
hauteur,
vainglory, crest,
arrogance, proud man,
highflier, fine gentleman, fine lady
V. be proud, put a good face on, look one in the face, stalk abroad, perk oneself up, think no small beer of oneself,
presume,
swagger,
strut, rear one's head, lift up one's head, hold up one's head, hold one's head high, look big, take the wall, "bear like the turk no rival near the throne", carry with a high hand, ride the high horse, mount on one's high horse, set one's back up,
bridle, toss the head, give oneself airs,
boast, pride oneself on, glory in, take a pride in, pique oneself, plume oneself, hug oneself, stand upon, be proud of, put a good face on, not hide one's light under a bushel, not put one's talent in a napkin, not think small beer of oneself
Adj. dignified, stately, proud, proud-crested, lordly,
baronial, lofty-minded, highsouled,
high-minded,
high-mettled,
high-handed, high-plumed,
high-flown,
high-toned, haughty lofty, high,
mighty,
swollen, puffed up,
flushed,
blown,
vainglorious,
purse-proud, fine, proud as a peacock, proud as lucifer, bloated with pride,
supercilious,
disdainful,
bumptious,
magisterial,
imperious, high and mighty,
overweening,
consequential,
arrogant,
unblushing, stiff,
stiff-necked, starch, perked stuck-up, in buckram, strait- laced,
prim, on one's dignity, on one's high horses, on one's tight ropes, on one's high ropes, on stilts, en grand seigneur
Adv. with head erect
Phr. odi profanum vulgus et arceo, "a duke's revenues on her back", "disdains the shadow which he treads on at noon", "pride in their port, defiance in their eye"
